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| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Software |
| Founded | 1994; 32 years ago (1994) |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Animation andStoryboarding software |
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| Website | toonboom |
Toon Boom Animation Inc., also known asToon Boom, is a Canadian software company founded in 1994 and based inMontreal,Quebec. It specializes in the development and production ofanimation andstoryboarding software forfilm,television, theWeb,video games,mobile devices,training andeducation.
Its software likeToon Boom Harmony is used in many countries. It was awarded thePrimetime Engineering Emmy Awards in 2005 and 2012.[1][2]
In 1996, Toon Boom purchased the software development business ofUSAnimation Studio. Its animation production services were to be merged into CST Entertainment according to a premature press release from CST. That merge never took place, and USAnimation's studio changed its name to VirtualMagic Animation in 1996 and operated independently.[3] Toon Boom Animation continued the development of USAnimation software, which became Toon Boom Opus. It has since become Toon Boom Harmony.
Founding president andchief executive officer Jacques Bilodeau left the company in May 2003, and the company's board of directors appointedchief operating officer Joan Vogelesang to take his place.[4] In 2004,Corus Entertainment, owner of Canadian animation studioNelvana, acquired a 50% stake in the company.[5]
In 2006, Toon Boom acquired French companyPegs'n Co,[6] developer of the2D bitmap animation software Pegs. Since the acquisition, the software has not been updated and can no longer be purchased.
In 2009, Toon Boom acquired the British companyCambridge Animation Systems, developer of Animo.[7] Since the acquisition, the software has not been updated and can no longer be purchased.
In 2012, Corus acquired the remaining 50% stake of Toon Boom it did not already own, giving it full ownership.[5] Chief Executive Officer and President Joan Vogelesang stepped down in September 2014 after over 16 years at Toon Boom, and Paul Gardner was appointed as interim CEO.[8]
On March 9, 2016, Toon Boom acquired all the relatedIP for the TACTIC Studio product, an asset management, production tracking and review tool fromToronto-basedSouthpaw Technology and planned to re-launch the product as Toon Boom Producer.[9] On June 13, 2017, Toon Boom re-branded and launched Producer.[10]
On July 13, 2023, Corus announced that it would sell Toon Boom to International Media Company (IMC), a portfolio ofprivate equity firmTPG Inc., forUS$111 million (CA$147.5 million). Corus stated that the sale would be used to cover debt and "advance our strategic plan and priorities".[11]
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| Harmony (software) | |
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| Developer | Toon Boom Animation Inc. |
| Stable release | |
| Written in | C++ (Qt), Qt Script,JavaScript,Python |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows,macOS,Linux |
| Platform | x64 |
| Available in | English, Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese[13] |
| Type | 2D animation software |
| License | Trialware |
| Website | www |
Harmony contains the tools required to handlecutout (puppet), paperless frame-by-frame, andtraditional animation workflows from scanning to composing and 2D/3D integration. Its toolset includes pencil lines with textures, deformation tools,morphing,inverse kinematics, particles, built-incompositor, 3D camera, and 2D-3D integration. Users can draw animation directly into the software, using agraphics tablet.
This software provides additional capabilities for teams of animators using Harmony who want to share files and manage assets from a central database. Its centralized database system allows the sharing of assets between scenes and enables the workload to be shared across a studio or between studios. It also includes production controls for managing rendering jobs and coordinating batch scanning of paper drawings. Harmony Database is available as an add-on for users of Harmony Advanced and Harmony Premium.
This software is used inpre-production to create storyboards for a wide variety of project types including 2D and 3D animation, stop motion, and live action productions. Storyboard Pro contains all the tools required to create storyboards andanimatics. Its toolset includesvector andbitmap drawing tools, pencils and textured brushes, a built-in camera, audio tools, a timeline for timing control, and a 3D toolset to integrate imported 3D models.
Ember is a suite ofAI-powered tools designed to help skilled artists focus on the craft and technique of animation.
Producer is a web-based production tracking anddigital asset management tool.
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